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| | FINLAND IN BRIEF |
 | | On 8 September 1992, the fluctuation limitsof the markka was abandoned and the markka was allowed to float. | | | Owing to the devaluation of the markka on 15 November 1991, the midpoint was increased to 5.55841 and the fluctuation limits to 5.39166 and 5.72516. | | | On 14 October 1996, the markka was joined to the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)of the European Monetary System (EMS) at the central rate of 5.80661 per ECU. |
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| | Haikara |
| | Having got training as a percussionist, Markka is now sitting behind Haikara’s drum set, keeping the band on the rocky road of rhythm. | | | So far, the intense sound of the band has been heard principally at the Lahti region where Haikara rises to its flights. | | | Painting is so tough that it needs something for its counterbalance. |
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http://www.geocities.com/piotrt.geo/Haikara/h-intro.html
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| | From furs to the euro — Virtual Finland |
| | The types of the coins and banknotes were not changed more than necessary. | | | By 1950, the value of the markka equalled a penni of 1914, and this was taken into account when a new series of coins was introduced in 1952. | | | The value of the markka was defined as a quarter of the rouble, which made it practically identical with the French franc. |
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http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=25889
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| | foreign currency market |
| | To do this analysis graphically, on the horizontal axis, put "quantity of markkas", on the vertical axis, put "$/markka". | | | The dollar appreciated in value / the markka depreciated in value... | | | To get more US $, they need to supply more markkas to the for ex market at every given price. |
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http://www.msu.edu/course/ec/340/Linz/lecturenotes.htm
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| | European Business News (EBN), 96-10-17 |
| | But market pulp prices -- which appear to be strengthening only gently after slumping from peaks last year -- are still difficult to predict. | | | Finnish forestry groups UPM-Kymmene and Metsa-Serla posted sharp profit declines and were pessimistic about the outlook for the paper industry. | | | Kymmene said it expects profit levels to remain weak for the rest of the year because of a drop in sales price and weak demand. |
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http://www.hri.org/news/europe/ebn/1996/96-10-17.ebn.html
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| | Markka |
| | recently its Transtech rail wagon unit had won a 500 million Markka order for 50 coaches from Finland's state railways VR... | | | Transtech has an order book of over 900 million Markka. | | | Investment Bank (EIB) is extending a loan of 450 million Finnish Markka (about ECU 75 million) to finance part of the FIM 923 million... |
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http://www.encyclopedie.cc/Markka
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| | Paperloop.com - leading the pulp, paper, packaging and printing industry |
| | Paperloop.com - leading the pulp, paper, packaging and printing industry | | | The company said demand for its writing and printing paper was likely to remain high, but the outlook for fine paper was somewhat clouded by the Asian economic crisis. | | | Analysts welcomed the result, and the share jumped two markka to 159 markka before falling to 156 markka, one marka below its opening price. |
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http://www.paperloop.com/db_area/archive/s_e/1998/1sts_e1998/27.shtml
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| | Paperloop.com - leading the pulp, paper, packaging and printing industry |
| | Paperloop.com - leading the pulp, paper, packaging and printing industry | | | In January-March 1998, Metsa-Serla had a 550 million markka profit after financial items and its earnings per share were 2.42 markka. | | | In January-June 1997, Metsa-Serla posted a 306.0 million markka profit after financial items, with earnings per share 1.32 markka. |
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http://www.paperloop.com/db_area/archive/s_e/1998/2nds_e1998/15.shtml
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| | Markka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The gold standard was abolished in 1940, and the markka suffered heavy inflation during the war years. | | | Both "markka" and "penni" are loanwords based on the same roots as the German Mark and pfennig. | | | In 1963 the markka was replaced by the new markka, equivalent to 100 old units. |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markka
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| | Suomen Pankki - Finlands Bank - Bank of Finland |
| | Markka and penni coins to a value of EUR106 million (FIM 629 million) and markka banknotes to a value of EUR 152 million (FIM 905 million) are still unreturned. | | | Now is the time to search for old markka and penni banknotes and coins and take them to the bank. | | | However, it is advisable to bring all markka and penni banknotes and coins to the bank now, as the process has been made so straightforward. |
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http://www.bof.fi/eng/1_suomen_pankki/1.1_tiedotteet/1.1.1_SPtiedotteet/2003/penni.stm
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| | Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Business & Finance |
| | In the markka era, prices were estimated in markka intervals: in other words, a product would cost ten marks or eleven marks, and so on. | | | People think in terms of the markka prices even more when considering larger purchases, such as buying a new home. | | | According to Aalto-Setälä, the occasional rise in prices of individual products has caused a delusion of general price increase. |
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http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/article/1101979778031
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| | Press Information Notice: IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Finland |
| | The parity matched the average at which the markka had traded in 1995-96. | | | Directors welcomed the entry of the markka into the ERM, and were of the view that the parity at which the markka had entered the ERM appeared broadly in line with macroeconomic fundamentals. | | | This relaxation was well accepted by financial markets: the markka remained broadly stable against the ECU and the differential between Finnish and German long-term interest rates fell to a historical low. |
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http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/1997/PN9712.HTM
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| | Mint Of Finland |
| | This coin is available only in this set. | | | As have Germany and the Netherlands, it is commemorating the changeover with an issue of its 1 markka denomination in 18 karat (.750) gold. | | | Also unlike the other two, the Gold Markka is struck in mirror-like proof quality while the others were regular uncirculated strikes. |
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http://www.coin-currency.com/finland.html
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| | American Metal Market: Outokumpu slates $80M to expand its operations - Outokumpu Oy |
| | The operating margin in the 1989 quarter was 900 million markka ($212.31 million) compared with 320 million markka in the first quarter of 1988. | | | The company noted that last year's strong metals markets had carried over into this year, with 1989 as a whole expected to be a good year. | | | Income before extraordinary items for the quarter was 660 million markka ($155.69 million) compared with 95 million markka in the same 1988 period. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_n90_v97/ai_7582359
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| | BBC News Europe Euro Cash Spent currencies |
| | After a period of fast inflation in the 1950s, there was a currency reform changing 100 old markkas for one new markka. | | | The basic design of the one-markka coin has remained unchanged for the past 140 years - carrying the lion rampant from the Finnish coat of arms. | | | Pegged to the Russian rouble until 1878, the markka was subsequently fixed to the gold standard. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/business/2001/euro_cash/spent_currencies/markka.stm
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| | HISTORY OF CURRENCY IN FINLAND |
| | There are different price transactions which can be found that were given in BancoRiksi or rubels in silver at that time. | | | The unit was 1 mark (markka), which originally was 210.5 grams silver. | | | National markka banknotes and coins were withdrawn from use in Finland in the end of the dual circulation period in 28 February 2002. |
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http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/jp_currency.htm
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| | Euro Info Package: Changeover period 1.1.-28.2.2002 |
| | Because they will generally give change in markka notes and coins only when the appropriate euro notes and coins are not available, markka notes and coins will quickly disappear from circulation. | | | It would also be advantageous from a macroeconomic perspective that coins be used now so as to avoid the need to strike more markka coins before the issuance of euro notes and coins. | | | Although the Bank of Finland will continue to exchange markka- for euro-denominated notes and coins for ten years following the cash changeover, it is important that also notes and coins held at home for whatever reason be exchanged for euro notes and coins as soon as possible, once these become available. |
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http://www.vm.fi/vm/liston/euro.lsp?r=18421&l=en&menu=18411
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| | Paperloop.com - leading the pulp, paper, packaging and printing industry |
| | Its full-year 1996 operating profit at 5.59 billion markka included gains of 677 million markka from asset sales. | | | Boosted by net gains of 2.20 billion markka from sales of assets, UPM-Kymmene's nine-month operating profit climbed to 5.96 billion markka from 4.49 billion in the year-ago period. | | | UPM-Kymmene said the market outlook for its main products was good. |
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http://www.paperloop.com/db_area/archive/s_e/1997/3rds_e1997/77.shtml
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| | The History of the Finnish Markka (1860 – 2002 ) |
| | The oldest coins found in Finland are about 2000 years old. | | | In 1999 the EURO was launched as an account currency and three years later new EURO coins and banknotes were issued and the markka became history. | | | Finland obtained its own monetary unit, the markka, (the mark) in 1860. |
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http://www.htk.fi/public/hauhoya/comedia/history/finland.htm
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| | Paperloop.com - leading the pulp, paper, packaging and printing industry |
| | With profit before extraordinary items down 43 percent to 3.56 billion markka ($700.1 million) from a record 6.28 billion in the bumper year 1995, UPM-Kymmene held the value of its dividend at 4.50 markka, much of it in stock in a subsidiary. | | | Rauma, reporting simultaneously with its parent company, said its profit nudged up to 679 million markka from 671 million in 1995 and it too forecast a steady 1996 showing. | | | Its net 1996 sales fell to 51.75 billion markka from 54.74 billion, with operating profit down less sharply than profit after extras to 5.59 billion markka from 8.50 billion. |
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http://www.paperloop.com/db_area/archive/s_e/1996/4ths_e1996/73.shtml
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| | HS Business & Finance 26.10.2000 - Dollar at all-time high: USD = FIM 7.20 |
| | In addition, the weak markka is beginning to eat into Finnish purchasing power, and is no longer simply a boon to the economy, but is in fact fast becoming a serious nuisance as imported goods become more expensive and cut back on consumer buying power. | | | There used to be a time when the markka's rate against the dollar was watched with an eagle eye, but in the past two years it has been the euro and the dollar that have been scrutinised. | | | At its most expensive, one dollar cost FIM 7.20 on Wednesday evening. |
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http://www2.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20001026IE3
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| | Its operating profit surged to 1.07 billion from 292 million markka and made up 47 percent of the group's operating profit. | | | Profit after financial items was 1.82 billion markka, in line with the 1.81 billion median of analysts' forecasts which ranged between 1.65 billion and 2.00 billion markka. | | | Shares shrugged off an overall market fall by adding 1.6 percent to 6.30 euros, but some analysts remained wary of the sector and said the rise was more a result of hopes for a recovery for the sector a year ahead. |
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http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/telegram/0,1082,640935_EKO_p_19990205,00.html
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| | Company Reports |
| | All three company reports showed newsprint prices holding despite weakness in other paper grades. | | | Metsa-Serla showed a 48 percent decline from last year at 318 million markka versus 607 million, although sales rose to 4.90 billion from 4.11 billion. | | | "Profitability for newsprint and magazine papers improved thanks to higher sales prices, although sales volumes declined." At Enso, profit fell 32 percent to 801 million markka from 1.18 billion a year ago, with sales nudging down to 8.83 billion from 9.29 billion. |
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/N_Prag/ra1cr055.htm
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| | Finnish farmers face severe crop failures |
| | Membership of the bloc has changed the conditions under which farmers operate. | | | But we are addressing some of their other demands," said agriculture minister Kalevi Hemila. | | | Hemila said the 55 million markka in the crop damage fund would be inadequate, but that the compensation would amount to hundreds of millions of markka, not billions. |
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http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/19980918/26155134.html
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| | UW-Oshkosh Women's Golf |
| | Placing in the top nine for UW-Oshkosh were senior Markka Farrington, who finished seventh with a 79, sophomore Carrie Detjen, who finished eighth with an 81, and sophomore Kristin Huth, who finished ninth with an 82. | | | She is also one of only two golfers in UW-Oshkosh history to receive All-WIAC first team honors four times, with her 2000 selection following a first-place finish at the league championship. | | | Farrington had 148 strokes in the 36-hole event to finish two behind the first-place count of Grinnell College's Hilary Minnick. |
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http://www.titans.uwosh.edu/WGolf/2001/Highlights.html
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| | Markka |
| | No direct anagrams for markka found in this word list. | | | Words formed by adding one letter before or after markka (in bold), or to aakkmr in any order: | | | All words formed from markka by changing one letter |
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http://www.morewords.com/word/markka
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| | FT.com - Special Reports / Euro |
| | After a few hours sleep in my hotel in Tormi, I made a phone call costing 3.98 markka with a 5 markka note and got E7.70 in euro coins. | | | At 6.05, I went to the airport's cafe, purchasingt two croissants, jam and an orange juice, costing E6 - I paid E10 and was given E4 change so at least they were up to speed. | | | At 1.30am, the last in the queue, I finally changed 600 markka and received a total of E100.95 - a slightly better rate than the usual exchange rate of 5.94 markka to the euro. |
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http://specials.ft.com/euro/FT3CHXCGXVC.html
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| | Marco finlandese - Wikipedia |
| | Il marco finlandese o Markka, era la valuta ufficiale usata in Finlandia dal 1861 fino al 2001, quando è stato sostituito dall'Euro. | | | Il tasso di cambio con l'euro venne fissato a 5,94573 Markka per un Euro. | | | Durante i 140 anni di storia del Marco Finlandese, sono state coniate 28 monete denominate in Marchi. |
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http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markka
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| | Universitas Helsingiensis 1/02 |
| | Yet in 1865 the mark gained its independence when it joined the common European silver standard. | | | A surprisingly similar situation emerged nearly a half a century later, in 1994, when a referendum on EU membership was held. | | | Furthermore, though this nonentity is said not to pledge allegiance to any flag or government, it is admittedly the cornerstone of the very notion of a modern nation state. |
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http://www.helsinki.fi/lehdet/uh/102a.htm
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| | Vadino.ru - результаты поиска для 'punt' (3 items): franc, currency, drachma, markka, lira, escudo, ... |
| | Pass, Run, Punt, Field Goal attempts, accessory points and two mark conversions all with a some clicks. | | | It workshop on several dollars, schillings, francs, true, renminbi, kroner, euro, markka, marks, drachma, rupee, punt, lira, yen, ringgit, pesos, guilders, kroner, escudo, rand, won, pesetas, krona, bhat, pou | | | Vadino.ru - результаты поиска для 'punt' (3 items): franc, currency, drachma, markka, lira, escudo, kroner, punt |
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http://www.vadino.ru/q/punt.html
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| | OT: Finnish markka (FIM) R.I.P. - www.ezboard.com |
| | Re: OT: Finnish markka (FIM) R.I.P. I did notice that each country is allowed to produce their own unique euro. | | | OT: Finnish markka (FIM) R.I.P. Yesterday at the stroke midnight, Finland and most of the other countries in the European Union started phasing out their own national currencies and introduced euro () as a common currency and legal tender. | | | There were actually thousands of people queuing at the five Finnish Bank offices to get the first euros after midnight. |
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http://pub18.ezboard.com/ftheharpersfrm17.showMessage?topicID=161.topic
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| | ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News - Finns must invest to boost joint Euro 2008 bid |
| | Security and emergency services would need an extra 10.1 million markka ($1.60 million) to cover increased costs. | | | The working group, comprising Finnish FA and government representatives, suggested the state contribute 33.2 million markka ($5.26 million) to help pay for rebuilding. | | | Finland need to renovate Helsinki's Olympic Stadium and the Ratina Stadium in Tampere to fulfil UEFA requirements at a cost of 103.2 million markka ($16.36 million), the group said. |
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http://www.soccernet.com/europe/news/2001/0109/20010109finns2008.html
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| | Markka Debuts |
| | Finland agreed during the weekend to put the markka into the Exchange Rate Mechanism, which limits the fluctuations of most current EU currencies against each other. | | | LONDON () -- The Finnish markka made what analysts termed a solid debut in the European Union's currency grid Monday in the latest step on the path toward a single EU currency. |
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http://dev.themoscowtimes.com/stories/1996/10/15/072.html
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| | Europe catious at open - Oct. 23, 1998 |
| | Nokia was up 24 markka to 445 markka on the results. | | | The first nine months showed a rise to 9.63 billion markka. | | | Finnish shares gained ground after good third quarter earnings figures from Nokia whose profit before tax almost doubled to 4.08 billion markka ($813 million). |
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http://money.cnn.com/1998/10/23/markets/europe_open
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| | Reuters Business Report: New Zealand dollar, sterling rally, Finnish markka firm@ HighBeam Research |
| | Sterling briefly touched an 11-month high of $1.5825 after a solid run higher last week while the New Zealand dollar pushed toward last month's eight-and-a-half year peak of $0.7025 after the general election concluded on Sunday. | | | NEW YORK (Reuter) - The New Zealand dollar and British sterling approached fresh highs against a stagnant dollar while the Finnish markka made an undramatic but historic entry into the European Union's currency grid, dealers said. | | | New Zealand dollar, sterling rally, Finnish markka firm |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:2967586&refid=holomed_1
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| | VZi - View Profile: markka |
| | markka is not a member of any public groups |
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http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/member.php?s=bfb3d640d7c1ec11857c12c4400d430b&u=13929
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Markka |
| | On January 1, 2002, Finland replaced the markka with Euro notes and coins in line with its commitment to the European single currency. | | | Help with Spanish, French, German, and Italian homework. |
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http://uk.encarta.msn.com/Markka.html
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| | Nokia record results - Jan. 29, 1999 |
| | Profits from continuing operations for the fourth quarter rose to 3.4 billion markka ($650 million), up from 2 billion in the same period a year ago. | | | LONDON (CNNfn) - Despite announcing record earnings for 1998 and a 72 percent rise in fourth quarter profits, shares in Nokia, the Finnish mobile phone manufacturer, fell in Helsinki Friday on grumbles the results could have been even better. | | | Sales grew 51 percent last year to 79.23 billion markka ($15.2 billion). |
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http://money.cnn.com/1999/01/29/europe/nokia
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| | NRC Handelsblad - Dossier Euro |
| | "De markka is niet erg populair bij valse munters", zegt Airisniemi. | | | In de grote supermarkt Sesto vlak bij het station deelt Veli-Pekka Kaivola, van het Europa Informatiecentrum, ingenieuze lineaaltjes uit waarmee markka's in euro's kunnen worden omgerekend. | | | Tanja, ringetje door de neus en likkend aan een waterijsje, had liever nog even de kat uit de boom gekeken. |
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http://www.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Euro/010223-b.html
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| | Markka |
| | La conversión para un euro era el markka 5.94573. | | | El código del dinero en circulación usado para el markka era FIM, y la notación familiar generalmente era un posfijo mk. | | | El markka o la marca era el dinero en circulación usado en Finlandia a partir de 1861 hasta de enero el 1 de 1999, cuando fue substituida por el euro (€). |
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http://www.yotor.net/wiki/es/ma/Markka.htm
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| | Finnish Forestry Welcomes Government Program |
| | It also said it sought to increase the use of domestic raw wood by 5 | | | Forestry exports totalled 61.9 billion markka in January-November | | | 1998 and 61.4 billion markka for the full year in 1997. |
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http://forests.org/archive/europe/fingovwe.htm
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| | Finn Markka Debuts on EU Money Grid |
| | London November futures for North Sea Brent crude were up 60 cents at $24.58 a barrel in late afternoon trade. | | | The London stock market edged to a new record close in modest turnover, and Wall Street extended Friday's revival in quiet trading. | | | EU finance ministers welcomed the markka's calm debut in the Exchange Rate Mechanism, which limits the fluctuations of most EU currencies against each other. |
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http://dev.themoscowtimes.com/stories/1996/10/15/091.html
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| | Guardian Unlimited Finnish markka |
| | In 1992 it provided early warning of the crisis which was to wreck the exchange rate mechanism when the Finnish central bank cut the markka's link to the mark. | | | It was seen as an important symbol of Finland's national movement. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Guardian/gallery/image/0,8543,-10404318432,00.html
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| | Markka - Wikipedia |
| | Ze zijn in de loop der jaren vervangen maar waren allemaal duidelijk Fins. | | | De markka was verdeeld in 100 penni (zowel Finse als Zweedse naam). | | | De markka (Finse naam) of mark (Zweedse naam) was een munteenheid van Finland van 1861 tot januari 1999, toen deze door de euro werd vervangen. |
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http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markka
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| | PASSIA: Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs - Jerusalem |
| | Finland has pledged markka 40 million since late 1993, mainly for multilateral initiatives. | | | Disbursements include markka 1,5 million for the Johan Jorgen Holst Peace Fund; support in kind worth markka 270 000 for the Palestinian Police Force; markka 1 million for Red Cross activities; and markka 7 million to support UNRWA programmes in the region. | | | In September 1995, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat extended an invitation to the Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari to visit Palestine. |
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http://www.passia.org/seminars/95/s1-37.htm
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| | Definition of markka - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |
| | For More Information on "markka" go to Britannica.com | | | Get the Top 10 Search Results for "markka" | | | Etymology: Finnish, from Swedish mark, a unit of value; akin to Old Norse mork mark |
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http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=markka
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| | markka : Definition from the Online Dictionary at Datasegment.com |
| | 1 definition found markka - WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) : markka n : formerly the basic unit of money in Finland [syn: Pinnish mark ] | | | markka : Definition from the Online Dictionary at Datasegment.com |
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http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/markka
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| | Rates - FIM |
| | Finnish markka exchange rates are still available in the currency converter. | | | Detailed analysis of the Euro exchange rate is available on a separate page. | | | Finnish markka page has been deleted due to introduction of the Euro currency. |
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http://www.uta.fi/~ktmatu/rate-fim.html
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